Right wing can't beat the Matthew Shepard bill - so they rename it!

Just when we thought the right wingnuts couldn't get any deeper into their lies and distortion about the Matthew Shepard act, they take it a step further. Of course, we shouldn't be surprised about this, really. The Shepard bill (S.909) is a long-needed bill that I've explored extensively. The lies, no matter how egregious or how blatant, continue to come down the pike.

The ugliest, of course, is the lie that says that "it would protect pedophiles." But they didn't stop at just saying that it protects pedophiles, now they "rename" the bill as the "pedophile protection act." Leave it to the freaks at World Nut Daily to capitalize on the lies about a bill that would provide federal assistance to local and state organizations to investigate and prosecute hate crimes.

I would ask, "how low can they go?" but I already know the answer to that.

Maybe someone will have the guts and the integrity to actually research the bill and realize that their distortions are complete fallacy. But then, maybe grass will turn pink too. I don't know what's more disturbing - the fact that these lies are becoming so mainstream, or the fact that so few people are actually willing to call them on their lies. Or... the fact that so few people even are willing to find out the truth for themselves.

Oh, sheep - wake up!